Unleash your web skills on native!

What if you could build truly native apps using only your web skills? This talk shows you how to skip Swift and Kotlin for good.

#1about 3 minutes

The web developer experience on native platforms

NativeScript helps web developers overcome the steep learning curve of traditional iOS and Android development by leveraging existing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills.

#2about 3 minutes

Comparing mobile app development frameworks

A decision guide walks through various mobile frameworks, comparing native development, Xamarin, Cordova, Titanium, Flutter, and React Native against NativeScript.

#3about 2 minutes

What is NativeScript and how to get started

NativeScript is an open-source framework for building truly native mobile apps, with resources like documentation, courses, and an online playground for experimentation.

#4about 4 minutes

Defining user interfaces with markup

UI components are defined using an XML-based markup language similar to HTML, which renders as truly native elements on both iOS and Android.

#5about 3 minutes

Arranging components with layout containers

NativeScript provides several layout containers like StackLayout, DockLayout, Grid Layout, and Flexbox Layout for arranging UI elements on the screen.

#6about 3 minutes

Styling native components with CSS

A large subset of standard CSS properties can be used to style native components, including support for platform-specific styles, animations, and pre-built themes.

#7about 7 minutes

Using JavaScript frameworks and native code

NativeScript supports various JavaScript frameworks like Angular, Vue, and React, and even allows embedding native Objective-C or Java code directly within JavaScript files.

#8about 3 minutes

Integrating NPM packages and native libraries

Developers can leverage the vast ecosystem of NPM packages and native libraries like CocoaPods or Android Arsenal, demonstrated with an ngx-translate internationalization example.

#9about 5 minutes

Creating custom NativeScript plugins

A step-by-step guide shows how to create a custom plugin to access native device information by writing platform-specific TypeScript files for Android and iOS.

#10about 18 minutes

Live demo controlling a Bluetooth light bulb

A live application demonstrates using NativeScript plugins to control a smart light bulb via Bluetooth, speech recognition, and the phone's accelerometer.